Akamai Technologies salaries in Boston, MA

Based on 142 certified H-1B filings by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$154,569
Middle 50%$130.7k–$179.3k
vs. all employers here+24%comparison median $124,259
Filings142FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $93,591 and $247,785.
PercentileSalary
10th$119,435
25th$130,697
50th (median)$154,569
75th$179,281
90th$199,946

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $145k $180k FY2020: median $122,796 (151 filings) FY2021: median $122,245 (123 filings) FY2022: median $137,061 (114 filings) FY2023: median $135,000 (74 filings) FY2024: median $135,132 (56 filings) FY2025: median $147,143 (89 filings) FY2026: median $162,952 (53 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 151 filings FY20 FY2021: 123 filings FY21 FY2022: 114 filings FY22 FY2023: 74 filings FY23 FY2024: 56 filings FY24 FY2025: 89 filings FY25 FY2026: 53 filings FY26 151
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$122,796$104,984$138,000151
FY2021$122,245$107,899$135,658123
FY2022$137,061$118,507$160,000114
FY2023$135,000$122,685$150,84874
FY2024$135,132$124,352$160,00056
FY2025$147,143$126,250$172,67189
FY2026$162,952$141,500$187,32253

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$156,87886
Network Architect$155,75114
Network Administrator$139,13610
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few8
Data Scientisttoo few6
IT Managertoo few5
QA Engineertoo few5
Information Security Analysttoo few3

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in Boston, MA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 8
Mid-level · Level II $131,395 50
Senior · Level III $160,093 36
Expert · Level IV $191,252 47

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.